COVID-19 Containment: DC Ganderbal review arrangements
GANDERBAL: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal Friday convened a meeting of Health department and Tehsildars to review the arrangements in place for containment of the Covid-19. Additional Deputy Commissioner, Farooq Ahmad Baba, Superintendent, District Hospital Ganderbal, Chief Medical Officer, Tehsildars, District Health Officer, Block Medical Officers and other concerned were present in the […]
COVID19: SDH to be Isolation Facility Centre for COVID-19 Patients
Other healthcare facilities also been augmented
KUPWARA: District Administration, Kupwara is making concerted efforts to provide proper health care facilities to COVID-19 patients in the district. For this purpose, Sub District Hospital (SDH), Kupwara, having capacity of 100 beds, has been designated as Isolation Facility Centre (IFC) for COVID-19 patients. The Hospital premises and its adjacent area have been declared red […]
SMC installs 2 decontamination tunnels at SKIMS, sanitizes Eidgah red zone
Several masjids around Eidgah also sanitized
SRINAGAR: Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) installed and made operational two decontamination tunnels at SKIMS, here the other day. The tunnels were installed at two entry points to ensure that the persons visiting hospital including doctors, hospital workers, patients and other attendants get sanitized instantly while entering or leaving the hospital premises. Commissioner SMC, Gazanfar Ali, […]
COVID-19: Worrisome surge in positive cases persists
24 more test positive, JK tally rises to 184
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded its second highest single-day rise in the number of persons testing positive for COVID-19 on Thursday as tally of the infected persons mounted to 184—152 in Kashmir and-2 in Jammu. A total number of 24 positive cases were reported during the day. Sources said that 24 tests samples turned positive […]
39 persons discharged after completing two-week quarantine
1811 persons discharged so far after successfully completing isolation period
SRINAGAR: Thirty nine (39) more persons who were shifted into administrative quarantine in Srinagar two weeks ago were discharged Thursday after successfully completing their 14-day quarantine period. Except one all these persons belonged to Srinagar district. Upon being discharged all these persons were ferried home in transportation the administration had arranged for their convenience. Concerned […]
Two attendees of Tablighi Jamaat meet in Delhi booked
Blamed for concealing travel history
Jammu: Two persons who had attended the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi’s Nizamuddin were booked for allegedly concealing travel history in Udhampur district, officials said Thursday. Upon receiving information from the medical authority, Ramnagar, that two persons have concealed their travel history in order to evade necessary quarantine process, FIRs has been registered against them, […]
84 samples of Covid-19 suspects including a PSA detenue collected
Srinagar: Over 84 samples of Covid-19 suspects were collected Thursday and among these samples, one belongs to a Srinagar youth detained under Public Safety Act in Srinagar Central Jail. Well placed sources said that over 84 samples of Covid-19 suspects lodged in different quarantine centres were collected at JLNM Rainawari Hospital Srinagar and sent to […]
Won’t allow economic distress to affect poor, destitute: DG Social Welfare
SRINAGAR: As the country continues to remain under the COVID-19 lock down, Director General (DG), Department of Social Welfare Kashmir, Rukhsana Gani Thursday said that the government will not allow the economic distress to affect the poor and destitute living in the Union Territory. To mitigate the sufferings due to COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lock […]